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Iceland's parliament last week narrowly voted in favour of pursuing EU membership (Photo: Wikipedia)

Iceland's EU bid causes division in Germany

Centre-right politicians from Germany's Christian Social Union (CSU) have spoken out against Iceland's bid to join the European Union.

"The EU cannot play saviour to Iceland's economic crisis," Markus Ferber, head of the CSU's members of the European parliament, told Suedduetsche newspaper over the weekend.

"We should discuss the structure of the EU before we discuss expanding it," said Alexander Dobrindt, General Secretary of the CSU, which is the smaller sister party to German c...

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Iceland's parliament last week narrowly voted in favour of pursuing EU membership (Photo: Wikipedia)

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